Boris wakes up when it is already quite light He looks at his watch. It is a quarter to seven. Quicki Boris jumps out of bed and runs to the bathroom. He has just time to take a cold shower and drink a glass of tea with delicious sandwiches. He is in a hurry to catch the 8 am train. At the railway station he meets three other boys from his group. They all have small backpacks and fishing rods. In less than an hour they get off the train at a small station near a wood. They walk very quickly and soon find themselves on the shore of a large lake. The boys spend the whole day there fishing, boating and swimming. They return home late at night, tired but happy, Сравните употребление Present Simple и Past Simple

Ответ: Задание: Переписать текст в прошедшем времени и сравнить употребление Present Simple и Past Simple.

Текст в прошедшем времени:

Boris woke up when it was already quite light. He looked at his watch. It was a quarter to seven. Quickly, Boris jumped out of bed and ran to the bathroom. He had just time to take a cold shower and drink a glass of tea with delicious sandwiches. He was in a hurry to catch the 8 am train. At the railway station he met three other boys from his group. They all had small backpacks and fishing rods. In less than an hour they got off the train at a small station near a wood. They walked very quickly and soon found themselves on the shore of a large lake. The boys spent the whole day there fishing, boating, and swimming. They returned home late at night, tired but happy.

Сравнение Present Simple и Past Simple:

• Present Simple используется для описания обычных, повторяющихся действий или общих фактов. В тексте Present Simple описывает утренние действия Бориса как рутину.
• Past Simple используется для описания действий, которые произошли и закончились в прошлом. В переписанном тексте Past Simple описывает действия Бориса и его друзей как конкретные события, произошедшие в определенный день.

Ответ: Текст переписан в Past Simple, произведено сравнение употребления времен.